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Registration
Agreement
In order that a party may hold a valid .co.uk or .org.uk domain
name registration, Tucows Inc. requires that all registrants adhere
to certain terms and conditions. As an organization or individual
applying to register, transfer or renew an .uk domain name via
the agency of Kriter Internet Hizmetleri Ltd.Sti. and/or Tucows
Inc., you accordingly agree as follows:
1.
AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement"),
"Tucows", "we", us" and "our"
refer to Tucows Inc., and "Services" refers to the domain
name registration, transfer or renewal services provided by us
as offered through Kriter Internet Hizmetleri Ltd.Sti.
, the Registration Service Provider ("Reseller"). Nominet
UK shall refer to the entity granted the exclusive right to administer
the registry for .uk domain name registrations.
2.
SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that, to the best of
the your knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the
domain name nor the
manner in which it is directly or indirectly used infringes the
legal rights of a third party and that the domain name is not
being registered for any unlawful purpose.
3.
FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected, you
agree to pay to us, or your respective Reseller who remits payment
to us on your behalf, the
applicable fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable.
As further consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide
certain current, complete and accurate information about you as
required by the registration process, and (2) maintain and update
this information as needed to keep it current, complete and accurate.
All such information shall be referred to as account information
("Account Information"). You, by completing and submitting
this Agreement, represent that the statements in your application
are true.
4.
TERM. You agree that the Registration Agreement will remain in
full force during the length of the term of your Domain Name Registration.
Should you choose to renew or otherwise lengthen the term of your
Domain Name Registration, then the term of this Registration Agreement
will be extended accordingly. This Agreement will remain in full
force during the length of the term of your Domain Name Registration
as selected, recorded, and paid for upon registration of the Domain
Name. Should you choose to renew or otherwise lengthen the term
of your Domain Name Registration, then the term of this Registration
Agreement will be extended accordingly. Should you transfer your
domain name or should the domain name otherwise be transferred
due to another Registrar, the terms and conditions of this contract
shall cease and shall be replaced by the contractual terms in
force for the purpose of registering domain names then in force
between SLD holders and the new Registrar.
5.
MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree, during the period of this
Agreement, that we may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of
this Agreement;
and (2) change the services provided under this Agreement. Any
such revision or change will be binding and effective immediately
on posting of the revised
Agreement or change to the service(s) on our web site, or on notification
to you by e-mail or regular mail as per the Notices section of
this Agreement. You agree to review our web site, including the
Agreement, periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If
you do not agree with any revision to the Agreement, you may terminate
this Agreement at any time by providing us with notice by e-mail
or regular mail as per the Notices section of this Agreement.
Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt and processing
by us. You agree that, by continuing to use the Services following
notice of any revision to this Agreement or change in service(s),
you shall abide by any such revisions or changes. You further
agree to abide by the Nominet UK dispute resolution policy ("Dispute
Policy") as amended from time to time. You agree that, by
maintaining the reservation or registration of your domain name
after modifications to the Dispute Policy become effective, you
have agreed to these modifications. You acknowledge that if you
do not agree to any such modifications, you may request that your
domain name be deleted from the domain name database.
6.
MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR ACCOUNT. In order to change any of your
account information with us, you must use your Account Identifier
and Password that you selected when you opened your account with
us. Please safeguard your Account Identifier and Password from
any unauthorized use. In no event will we be liable for the unauthorized
use or misuse of your Account Identifier or Password.
7.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY. If you reserved or registered a domain
name through us, or transferred a domain name to us from another
registrar,
you agree to be bound by the Dispute Policy which is incorporated
herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference. The current
version of the Dispute Policy may be found at http://www.nic.uk/DisputeResolution/DrsPolicy/.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
8.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if the registration or reservation
of your domain name is challenged by a third party, you will be
subject to the
provisions specified in the Dispute Policy in effect at the time
of the dispute. You agree that in the event a domain name dispute
arises with any third party, you will indemnify and hold us harmless
pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute
Policy.
9.
NOMINET UK POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain
name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to any Nominet UK-adopted policy, term or condition,
or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent
with an Nominet UK-adopted policy, (1) to correct mistakes by
a registrar or the registry in registering the name, or (2) for
the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name. The current
Nominet UK terms and conditions can be found at http://www.nominet.org.uk/nominet-terms.html.
When
you submit a request for a domain name registration with Tucows
and/or Reseller, you will be entering into two contracts - one
contract with Tucows and/or Reseller and one contract with Nominet
UK. Nominet UK is the UK registry for .uk domain names.
Tucows
and Reseller will act as agents on your behalf by submitting your
application to Nominet for you, however, you will still be entering
into a direct contract between you and Nominet UK. This is a separate
contract from this agreement; it is attached hereto and may also
be found at
http://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/uk/ukterms.
Tucows
and Reseller must also make you aware that by accepting Nominet's
terms and conditions you are consenting to Nominet using your
personal data for a variety of reasons. In particular, your name
and address may be published as part of Nominet's WHOIS look-up
service.
10.
AGENCY. Should you intend to license use of a domain name to a
third party, you shall nonetheless be the domain name registrant
of record and are therefore responsible for providing your own
full contact information and for providing and updating accurate
technical and administrative contact information adequate to facilitate
timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with
the domain name. You shall accept liability for harm caused by
wrongful use of the domain name. You also represent that you have
provided notice of the terms and conditions in this Agreement
to the third party and that the third party agrees to the terms
of Disclosure and Use of Registration Information (sections 18
and 19 of this Agreement).
11.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. We and Reseller reserve the right to distribute
information to you that is pertinent to the quality or operation
of our services and those of our service partners. These announcements
will be predominately informative in nature and may include notices
describing changes, upgrades, new products or other information
to add security or to enhance your identity on the Internet.
12.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. You agree that our entire liability,
and your exclusive remedy, with respect to any Services(s) provided
under this Agreement and any breach of this Agreement is solely
limited to the amount you paid for such Service(s). We and our
contractors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability
to use any of the Services or for the cost of procurement of substitute
services.
Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation
of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such
jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the extent permitted
by law. We disclaim any and all loss or liability resulting from,
but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting from access
delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting
from data non-delivery or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability
resulting from acts of God; (4) loss or liability resulting from
the unauthorized use or misuse of your account identifier or password;
(5) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or misstatements
in any and all information or services(s) provided under this
Agreement; (6) loss or liability resulting from the interruption
of your Service. You agree that we will not be liable for any
loss of registration and use of your domain name, or for interruption
of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential
damages of any kind (including lost profits) regardless of the
form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence),
or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility
of such damages.
13.
INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our contractors,
agents, employees, officers, directors and affiliates harmless
from all liabilities,
claims and expenses, including attorney's fees, from claims by
third parties relating to or arising under this Agreement, the
Services provided hereunder or your use of the Services, including
without limitation infringement by you, or someone else using
the Service with your computer, of any intellectual property or
other proprietary right of any person or entity, or from the violation
of any of our operating rules or policy relating to the service(s)
provided. You also agree to release, indemnify and hold us harmless
pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute
Policy. When we are threatened with suit by a third party, we
may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to
indemnify us; your failure to provide those assurances may be
considered by us to be a breach of your Agreement and may result
in deactivation of your domain name.
14.
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. Any transfer of ownership in and to a domain
name registration shall be affected in accordance with Nominet
UK policies and procedures.
15.
BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this
Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute Policy,
may be considered by us to be a material breach and that we may
provide a written notice, describing the breach, to you. If within
thirty (30) calendar days of the date of such notice, you fail
to provide evidence, which is reasonably satisfactory to us, that
you have not breached your obligations under the Agreement, then
we may delete the registration or reservation of your domain name.
Any such breach by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply
because we did not act earlier in response to that, or any other,
breach by you.
16.
NO GUARANTY. You agree that, by registration or reservation of
your chosen domain name, such registration or reservation does
not confer immunity from objection to either the registration,
reservation, or use of the domain name.
17.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You agree that your use of our Services
is solely at your own risk. You agree that such Service(s) is
provided on an "as
is", "as available" basis. We expressly disclaim
all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including
but not limited to the implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements,
or that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted, timely, secure,
or error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that
may be obtained from the use of the Service(s) or as to the accuracy
or reliability of any information obtained through the Service
or that defects in the Service will be corrected. You understand
and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise
obtained through the use of Service is done at your own discretion
and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage
to your computer system or loss of data that results from the
download of such material and/or data. We make no warranty regarding
any goods or services purchased or obtained through the Service
or any transactions entered into through the Service. No advice
or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from
us or through the Service shall create any warranty not expressly
made herein.
18.
INFORMATION. As part of the registration process, you are required
to provide us certain information and to update us promptly as
such information
changes such that our records are current, complete and accurate.
You are obliged to provide us the following information: (i) your
name and postal address (or, if different, that of the domain
name holder); (ii) the domain name being registered; (iii) the
name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax (if available)
telephone numbers of the administrative contact for the domain
name; and (iv) the name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice
and fax (if available) telephone numbers of the billing contact
for the domain name. Any voluntary information we request is collected
such that we can continue to improve the products and services
offered to you through your Reseller.
19.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and
acknowledge that we will make domain name registration information
you provide available to Nominet UK, to the registry administrators,
and to other third parties as Nominet UK and applicable laws may
require or permit. You
further agree and acknowledge that we may make publicly available,
or directly available to third party vendors, some, or all, of
the domain name registration
information you provide, for purposes of inspection (such as through
our WHOIS service) or other purposes as required or permitted
by Nominet UK and the
applicable laws. You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures
and use of, and guidelines, limits and restrictions on disclosure
or use of, information provided by you in connection with the
registration of a domain name (including any updates to such information),
whether during or after the term of your registration of the domain
name. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes
of action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of
your domain name registration information by us. You may access
your domain name registration information in our possession to
review, modify or update such information, by accessing our domain
manager service, or similar service, made available by us through
your Reseller. We will not process data about any identified or
identifiable natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible
with the purposes and other limitations which we describe in this
Agreement. We will take reasonable precautions to protect the
information we obtain from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorized
accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction of that information.
20.
REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your wilful failure promptly to update information
provided to us, or any failure to
respond to inquiries by us addressed to the email address of the
registrant, the administrative, billing or technical contact appearing
in the "WHOIS" directory with respect to a domain name
concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with the
registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement
and be a basis for cancellation of the domain name registration.
Any information collected by us concerning an identified or identifiable
natural person ("Personal Data") will be used in connection
with the registration of your domain name(s) and for the purposes
of this Agreement and as required or permitted by the Nominet
UK Agreement or a Nominet UK/Registry Operator policy.
21.
RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right
to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain name or register
you for other
Services within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of your
payment for such services. In the event we do not register or
reserve your domain name or register you for other Services, or
we delete your domain name or other Services within such thirty
(30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s).
You agree that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages
that may result from our refusal to register, reserve, or delete
your domain name or register you for other Services.
22.
SEVERABILITY. You agree that the terms of this Agreement are severable.
If any term or provision is declared invalid or unenforceable,
that term or
provision will be construed consistent with applicable law as
nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties,
and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force
and effect.
23.
NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Dispute
Policy shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership,
or other form of joint
enterprise between the parties.
24.
NON-WAIVER. Our failure to require performance by you of any provision
hereof shall not affect the full right to require such performance
at any time
thereafter; nor shall the waiver by us of a breach of any provision
hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself.
25.
NOTICES. Any notice, direction or other communication given under
this Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending it via
e-mail or via regular mail. In the case of e-mail, valid notice
shall only have been deemed to be given when an electronic confirmation
of delivery has been obtained by the sender. In the case of e-mail
notification to us or to Reseller to lhutz@tucows.com or hostmaster@domaintescil.com
or, in the case of notice to you, at the e-mail address provided
by you in your WHOIS record. Any e-mail communication shall be
deemed to have been validly and effectively given on the date
of such communication, if such date is a business day and such
delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. EST, otherwise it will be
deemed to have been delivered on the next business day. In the
case of regular mail notice, valid notice shall be deemed to have
been validly and effectively given five (5) business days after
the date of mailing and, in the case of notification to us or
to Reseller shall be sent to:
TUCOWS Inc.
Registrant Affairs Office
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1
CANADA
OR -
Kriter Internet Hizmetleri Ltd.Sti.
Domain Tescil
Hasircibasi sk 20 Kadikoy
34714 Istanbul TURKEY
and
in the case of notification to you shall be to the address specified
in the "Administrative Contact" in your WHOIS record.
26.
ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies
published by us and the Dispute Policy are the complete and exclusive
agreement between you and us regarding our Services. This Agreement
and the Dispute Policy supersede all prior agreements and understandings,
whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent.
27.
GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA APPLICABLE THEREIN WITHOUT REFERENCE
TO RULES GOVERNING CHOICE OF LAWS. ANY ACTION RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT IN ONTARIO AND YOU IRREVOCABLY CONSENT
TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS.
28.
INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this
Agreement.
29.
INCONSISTENCIES WITH NOMINET UK. In the event that this Agreement
may be inconsistent with any term, condition, policy or procedure
of Nominet UK, the term, condition, policy or procedure of Nominet
UK shall prevail.
30.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE ESIRABILITY OF THE SERVICE AND ARE
NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
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